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October 7, 2006:
Judge
tosses out Bush's illegal plan, reinstates original roadless rule!
Great news for those who have been following this issue for years.
October 7, 2006 Montana:
Judge
orders intense study of wolverine.
October 7, 2006 Arizona:
Judges ruling could
end day use fees.
October 7, 2006:
Bush
policy irks judges in the West.
August 8, 2006 Wyoming:
Outfitters
step forward to protect Wyoming Range.
August 8, 2006:
Bush
overrule compromises roadless forests.
August 8, 2006 Minnesota:
Salvaging
the BWCAW blowdown? The myth lives on with some.
August 8, 2006 Minnesota:
Some ATV
users damaging state forests.
August 8, 2006:
Bush
admin auctions timber sale in national forest roadless area.
August 8, 2006:
Rey:
Plan to sell national forests to be revived.
August 7, 2006 Utah:
Judge says pristine
public land oil leases were sold illegaly.
August 7, 2006 Montana:
Coalition buys Rocky Mountain Front leases.
August 7, 2006:
Keeping
Yellowstone from being loved to death.
August 7, 2006:
Geyser
gazing in Yellowstone.
August 7, 2006 Wyoming:
Mountain
guide survives 80 foot fall.
August 7, 2006:
Scientific
distortion started at top.
August 5, 2006 California:
Legislation
protects critical coastal habitat.
August 5, 2006 Colorado:
Wolf
Creek village would cut off wildlife, critics say.
August 5, 2006 Montana:
Hillbillies
release gator in pond, then more hillbillies kill it later.
August 5, 2006 Montana:
Big
Creek fire cost nearing 2 million.
August 5, 2006 Wyoming:
Residents
question mountain lion kills.
August 5, 2006 Idaho:
Wildlands
bill may be combined into package.
August 4, 2006 Montana:
Big
Creek, South Pine fires "looking good".
August 4, 2006:
Using
sulfur to fix global warming symptoms?
August 4, 2006:
Roadless
Rule back in court.
August 4, 2006 Idaho:
Feds
kill wolves.
August 4, 2006 Washington:
Settlement
reached in grizzly logging suit.
August 4, 2006:
Delusional thinking in the Senate.
August 3, 2006 Colorado:
Senator
questions delay in forest plan.
August 3, 2006 Wyoming:
Change
in the air.
August 3, 2006 North
Dakota: Western
governors push for drought aid.
August 3, 2006 Idaho:
Fires
rage across region.
August 3, 2006 Montana:
Forest
Service hears little agreement on Little Belt plan.
August 3, 2006 Montana:
Record
high bighorn sheep numbers in the Breaks.
August 1, 2006:
Avoiding
wildfires by eliminating trees. ( Colbert Report video).
August 1, 2006:
NRA
doesn't represent both hunters and gun owners.
August 1, 2006 Montana:
What
good are the northern praries?
August 1, 2006:
Grizzlies
stressed out by oil and gas projects.
August 1, 2006 Montana:
Special
rules aim to save trout.
August 1, 2006 Idaho:
Wolf
pack keeps eating radio collars.
July 31, 2006 Colorado:
Matriarch
of the mountains.
July 31, 2006:
Montana,
Idaho still push for wolf delisting.
July 31, 2006:
House
passes abandoned mines bill.
July 31, 2006 Utah:
Wilderness
groups challenge reversal.
July 31, 2006:
Global
warming scientist has grown tired of Crichton and Coulter misrepresenting
him.
July 31, 2006 Montana:
Comment
period extended for forest plans.
July 29, 2006 Montana:
Hot
weather prompts no-fishing rules.
July 29, 2006:
Utilities
give big bucks to global warming skeptic.
July 29, 2006:
Global
warming threatens twelve U.S. national parks.
July 29, 2006 Idaho:
Elk
Summit area to be closed temporarily.
July 29, 2006 Idaho:
Forest
Service blasts logjam.
July 29, 2006 Utah:
BLM
vetoes oil development near Arches.
July 28, 2006 New Mexico:
Wildlife service
downlists endangered Gila trout.
July 28, 2006 Montana:
Be
heard on Lewis and Clark NF plans.
July 28, 2006 Wyoming:
Agency
halts ski area expansion.
July 28, 2006:
Oft-criticized
National Park chief resigns.
July 28, 2006 Idaho:
Logjam blocks rafters.
July 28, 2006 Colorado:
Groups,
landowners protest forest leases.
July 27, 2006 North
Dakota: Forest
Service to poison 10,000 prarie dogs.
July 27, 2006 Colorado:
Public
lands to slash jobs in region.
July 27, 2006 Colorado:
Global
warming threatens parks.
July 27, 2006 Wyoming:
Feds
reject wolf petition.
July 27, 2006:
House
approves wilderness for Oregon, California and Idaho.
July 27, 2006 Montana:
Morning
Star and Oldman campgrounds remain closed.
July 26, 2006 New Mexico:
Growing coalition opposes
drilling.
July 26, 2006 Utah:
Court dismisses challenge
of Grand Staircase Monument.
July 26, 2006 Montana:
Sen.
Baucus supports full removal of Mike Horse Dam.
July 26, 2006 Alaska:
Grizzlies
on rivers put managers on edge.
July 26, 2006 Idaho:
Simpson
gets wilderness bill past House hurdle.
July 26, 2006 Wyoming:
Logging
project in roadless portion of Wind River mountains halted.
July 24, 2006 Montana: Questions
loom for Glacier trails.
July 24, 2006:
Experts question
changes to clean air rules.
July 24, 2006 California:
Fire
in Joshua Tree National Park fully contained.
July 24, 2006 Montana:
States
should remove threats to roadless forests.
July 24, 2006 Idaho:
Officials
hose down hot moose.
July 24, 2006 Montana:
"It's
an inspiration".
July 22, 2006 California:
Judge
blocks Yosemite National Park river plan.
July 22, 2006: Senators
rap "healthy forests" act.
July 22, 2006 Alaska:
Bear
cam tracks grizzlies.
July 22, 2006 Utah:
Bear
killed after biting camper through tent.
July 22, 2006 Nevada:
Forest
Service seeks help to combat trashed lands.
July 22, 2006 Colorado:
Rocky
Mountain sigh.
July 21, 2006 Montana:
Easements
will protect wildlife on Madison Valley ranch.
July 21, 2006 Colorado:
Forest
Service plan threatens wilderness.
July 21, 2006 Colorado:
Drilling in HD roadless area upsets board members.
July 21, 2006 Utah:
License sales decline.
July 21, 2006 Utah:
State
nixes lease for Green River drilling.
July 21, 2006 Wyoming:
Humans
put squeeze on ancient pronghorn migration.
July 20, 2006 Minnesota:
Hot, dry weather
to boost fire risk in Superior NF.
July 20, 2006 Colorado:
Spectacular
views in the land of the 14'ers.
July 20, 2006 Idaho:
Forest
Service will let backcountry fires burn out.
July 20, 2006 Oregon:
Deschutes NF plans recreation changes.
July 20, 2006 Pennsylvania:
Timber
theft on the rise in the Allegheny NF.
July 20, 2006 Idaho:
House
panel OK's wilderness proposal.
July 18, 2006:
Senate
feud over Forest Service policy.
July 18, 2006 Wisconsin:
Groups
want to preserve states rare, small roadless areas.
July 18, 2006 Colorado:
Group
plans to sue over Wolf Creek roads. More on this story here.
July 18, 2006 Wyoming:
Hunting,
fishing fees may rise.
July 18, 2006 Wyoming:
Tip
of a melting iceberg?
July 18, 2006 Colorado:
Peaks
get global warming system.
July 15, 2006 California:
Governor to seek
road ban on 4.4 million acres of roadless national forest.
July 15, 2006 Oregon:
Plan
to log roadless area based on bad policy.
July 15, 2006 Montana:
Beaverhead-Deerlodge
NF merits protection.
July 15, 2006 Colorado:
Eagles
Nest wilderness turns 30.
July 15, 2006 Wisconsin:
Mike
Dombeck: Keep state's forest areas remote, wild and roadless.
July 15, 2006 Vermont:
Unique
opportunity for wilderness.
July 13, 2006 Colorado:
Feds gunning for wilderness
predators.
July 13, 2006:
New rules
will lead to overgrazing.
July 13, 2006:
Bill
would exempt public input on national forest projects.
July 13, 2006:
Grizzly
bear returns to Canada enclosure.
July 13, 2006 Montana:
U.N.
takes up proposal to declare Glacier-Waterton in danger.
July 13, 2006 Idaho:
Trail
reopens after grizzly attack.
July 12, 2006 Wyoming:
the Wyoming Range: Wyoming's hidden gem(pdf).
July 12, 2006 California:
Rare
alliance would protect land in Humboldt-Toiyabe NF.
July 12, 2006 Montana:
Madison
valley landowners seek to stop subdivision.
July 12, 2006 Minnesota:
Extremist
Grams views come through again.
July 12, 2006 Wyoming:
Yellowstone
NP to restore westslope cutthroat to NW corner.
July 12, 2006 Wyoming:
Injured
climber flown from canyon in Grand Teton National Park.
July 11, 2006 Maine:
Plum foolish ( by Ted Williams). Plum Creek prepares to trash the
Maine woods.
July 11, 2006 Minnesota:
Vote for
the environment this fall.
July 11, 2006:
Warming
drove recent upswing in wildfires.
July 11, 2006 Idaho:
Researchers
wonder what's killing Hells Canyon bighorn.
July 11, 2006 Colorado:
Rain
welcome, but won't put much of a dent in the drought.
July 11, 2006 Montana:
State
proposes plan for managing western grizzlies.
July 10, 2006 Oregon:
Smith
proposes southern Oregon grazing buyout.
July 10, 2006:
Rider
would eliminate public involvement on some forest projects.
July 10, 2006 Colorado:
Aspens
dying off north of Mancos.
July 10, 2006:
Groups
fight grizzly plan.
July 10, 2006 Montana:
State
wildlife officials want more grizzlies added to the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem.
July 10, 2006 Alaska:
North
Slope musk oxen dissapearing.
July 8, 2006 Idaho:
Forest
Service puts gold mining operation on hold.
July 8, 2006 Utah:
Conservation
groups fear oil, gas rigs will hurt forest land.
July 8, 2006 Montana:
Bozeman
researchers look to reduce wildlife accidents.
July 8, 2006 Montana:
Blackfoot
river cleanup slated.
July 8, 2006 New Mexico:
Drought
puts native fish in danger.
July 8, 2006 Wyoming:
Sportsmen's
group proposes wildlife coalition.
July 7, 2006 Minnesota:
Study finds
humans a major cause of lynx mortality.
July 7, 2006 Utah:
Appeals court
halts clear-cut.
July 7, 2006 Montana:
Wild
horse plan worries some.
July 7, 2006 Wyoming:
Grizzly
researchers lead inductees.
July 7, 2006 California:
Forest Service
ends restrictions.
July 7, 2006 Montana:
Judge
won't block Bitterroot forest logging project.
July 6, 2006 Montana:
Emphasis changing for timber lands.
July 6, 2006 New Mexico:
Valle Vidal
bill advances.
July 6, 2006 New Mexico:
Rains
keep Cibola NF open.
July 6, 2006 Wyoming:
Expert
touts wolf changes.
July 6, 2006 Wyoming:
Bill
would keep snowmobiles in Yellowstone.
July 6, 2006 Utah:
Leasing
worries conservationists.
July 4, 2006 Montana:
Rehberg splits with Burns over Rocky Mountain Front drilling.
July 4, 2006 Montana:
Burns
takes right stance.
July 4, 2006 Montana:
Energy company
donates Rocky Mountain Front drilling leases to Trout Unlimited.
July 4, 2006 Wisconsin:
As darkness
falls, so do the hex bugs.
July 4, 2006 Wyoming:
Plan
eliminates campground at lodge.
July 4, 2006 Montana:
Injunction
sought over thinning project.
July 3, 2006 Minnesota:
Half
of lynx collared population dies.
July 3, 2006 Montana:
Burns
adopts Baucus's postion on the Rocky Mountain Front. Clearly an
election ploy, but there is nothing wrong with doing the right thing.
Burns has one of the worst conservation scores from the LCV.
July 3, 2006:
Public
land sell-off plans all but dead.
July 3, 2006 Wyoming:
Moose
by numbers.
July 3, 2006 Wyoming:
Where
art thou, moose?
July 3, 2006 New Mexcio:
Parched
in the SW.
June 30, 2006:
Lawmakers
dump Bush's national forest sell-off plan!
June 30, 2006:
Grizzly
escapes from resort again.
June 30, 2006 Arizona:
Your
input sought on managing roadless areas.
June 30, 2006 Wyoming:
Energy
workers, union workers oppose drilling on Bridger-Teton NF.
June 30, 2006 Washington:
Judge
halts ORV trail project in Wenatchee NF.
June 30, 2006:
Faithful
flock to defunct web cam.
June 29, 2006 Montana:
Support
building for partnership forest plan on Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF.
June 29, 2006 Colorado:
Region
rallies for roadless areas.
June 29, 2006 Idaho:
Burn
area coming back to life in Sawtooths.
June 29, 2006 Oregon:
Roadless timber sale advances.
June 29, 2006:
Park
gateways deal with growth.
June 29, 2006 Montana:
House
votes to release Going to the Sun road repair funds.
June 27, 2006 Montana:
Livestock
groups oppose Yellowstone bison plan.
June 27, 2006 Minnesota:
Ease
the pressure on parks.
June 27, 2006 Vermont:
Green
Mountain national forest buys Dorset corridor.
June 27, 2006 New Mexico:
USDA to consider
roadless protection for national forests.
June 27, 2006:
Is global warming fueling western wildfires? Video clip of this
story here.
June 27, 2006 Montana:
Still life,
with woodpeckers.
June 26, 2006 Minnesota:
Bear in a
bucket saved by conservation officer.
June 26, 2006 Montana:
Our
public lands are taking a beating.
June 26, 2006 Oregon:
The
roadless routine.
June 26, 2006:
Fire
sale in the forests.
June 26, 2006:
Off-road
use, drug running becoming growing menace to national forest rangers.
June 26, 2006 Wyoming:
A
magic place.
June 24, 2006:
The
Bush administration record on public land. ( this website and it's
archive provides an even higher detailed review of the administrations
public land record over the past year).
June 24, 2006 Wyoming:
Moisture
levels at record low in some parts of state.
June 24, 2006 Utah:
Land swap deal clears
House committee.
June 24, 2006 Oregon:
Lack of cash strains national parks.
June 24, 2006 Wyoming:
Fireball
sightings stretch to Grand Teton National Park.
June 24, 2006 Illinois:
Shawnee
National Forest plan documents.
June 23, 2006:
Hottest in 400 years:
Top scientists say humans causing global warming. Video
here.
June 23, 2006 Colorado:
Groups
blast oil, gas leases.
June 23, 2006 Montana:
Caves
will get new lights.
June 23, 2006 Montana:
Bitterroot
forest offers compromise for ATV's.
June 23, 2006 Wyoming:
Yellowstone's Old Faithful Inn being renovated. ( video )
June 23, 2006 California: Bridge
being built around rock slide that is blocking route into Yosemite.
June 22, 2006:
Fires continue across
the southwest.
June 22, 2006 Idaho:
Judge
halts forest grazing.
June 22, 2006 Wyoming:
Fire
grows in the Medicine Bow NF.
June 22, 2006 Washington:
41
pound beaver hit by car grows it's teeth back.
June 22, 2006 Montana:
Glacier
National Park, Flathead NF pounded by flooding.
June 22, 2006 Wyoming:
Black
bear captured and killed in Yellowstone National Park.
June 21, 2006 Montana:
How - and
- why the Bush administration is dismantling the Forest Service.
June 21, 2006 New Mexico:
Roadless
status for Valle Vidal sought.
June 21, 2006 Wyoming:
Agressive black
bear removed from Canyon area in Yellowstone.
June 21, 2006 Illinois:
Endorsing
ponds in the Shawnee NF.
June 21, 2006 Wyoming:
Drilling
companies not happy with Thomas comments on NF drilling.
June 21, 2006:
Park
maintenance list keeps growing, despite Bush promise.
June 20, 2006:
Revised
parks policy boosts conservation? It looks like Kempthorne has reversed
the controversial proposed guidelines from last year. Still, as the
article points out, lobbyists have three weeks to influence the policy.
June 20, 2006 Colorado:
Outfitters
rally for roadless areas.
June 20, 2006 Utah:
Sportsmen go where
fish and wildlife, but no roads, are.
June 20, 2006 New Hampshire:
Forest
roadless rule whittled to nothing.
June 20, 2006 Washington:
Budget
cuts leave marks in U.S. parks.
June 20, 2006 Washington:
Woman
rescued after two days lost in Olympic National Park.
June 19, 2006:
National Parks squeezed.
Also National Parks in disrepair.(video).
Also see National
Park slideshow.
June 19, 2006 Washington: Park
Service retirees irked over Olympic cutbacks.
June 19, 2006: Bush
admin to ramp up aerial gunning and wildlife poisoning in protected
wilderness areas.
June 19, 2006 Minnesota: Conservation
easements may help slow development of state's forests.
June 19, 2006 New Mexico: Firefighters
report progress.
June 19, 2006 Wyoming: Trauner:
no 'for sale' sign on public lands.
June 17, 2006:
Bush admin
takes aim at predators in designated wilderness areas.
June 17, 2006 California:
Conservation
groups to sue over national forest drilling.
June 17, 2006 Wyoming:
Fugitives
caught in Yellowstone National Park. (video)
June 17, 2006 Oregon:Conservationists
ask judge to block logging in roadless area.
June 17, 2006 Colorado:
Drought
takes toll.
June 17, 2006 Washington:
Tight
budget leads to cuts at Mount Rainier National Park.
June 16, 2006 Montana:
Rain
delays west opening of Going to the Sun road.
June 16, 2006 Utah:
Redford: "You can't
reason with a stone".
June 16, 2006 Minnesota:
The Vanishing Forest.
June 16, 2006 Montana:
Judge
grants logging motion.
June 16, 2006 Oregon:
The
roadless raid.
June 16, 2006 Colorado:
State issues warning
as fires burn.
June 15, 2006 Minnesota:
The
BWCAW, 25 years later. (audio and text).
June 15, 2006 Oregon:
North
entrance road opens at Crater Lake national park.
June 15, 2006 Wyoming:
Grouse
decline in methane fields.
June 15, 2006 Colorado:
Senator
seeks drilling delay.
June 15, 2006 Montana:
Evidence
of grizz cubs in the cabinets.
June 15, 2006 Colorado:
Defending
dad's legacy.
June 13, 2006 Oregon:
Forest
Service auctions off roadless area timber.
June 13, 2006 Montana:
Some
pollutants get worse in Yellowstone.
June 13, 2006 Colorado:
Dust
and snow.
June 13, 2006 Wyoming:
Yellowstone
geyser, inactive since '98 , erupts.
June 13, 2006 Oregon:
Governor
will try to halt roadless area timber sale.
June 13, 2006 Arizona:
Fire-fighting
supertanker waiting to get off the ground.
June 12, 2006 Colorado:
Hermosa
Creek roadless area could be considered for wilderness designation in
San Juan NF plan revision.
June 12, 2006 Montana:
Article
launches investigation into heli-fishing on Rocky Mountain Front.
June 12, 2006:
EPA
quietly attempts to radically change pollution rules.
June 12, 2006:
Think
like a bear to avoid unwanted visits.
June 12, 2006 California:
Primary
vote shows vulnerability for Pombo.
June 12, 2006:
Climate
change hits the American West.
June 10, 2006 Idaho:
Wolf
sightings on the rise near Stanley.
June 10, 2006 New Mexico:
Wolf
program hurting.
June 10, 2006 Montana:
Bear charges
hikers in Paradise Valley.
June 10, 2006 Wyoming:
Park
biologists stepping up efforts to save cutthroat trout.
June 9, 2006 New Mexico:
Roadless
lands may stay roadless. I would be very surprised if the feds granted
that petition.
June 9, 2006:
Ignoring science
is risky business after forest fires.
June 9, 2006 Utah:
Eyes
in the West are on federal land sale.
June 9, 2006:
Action Alert:
Federal Land Recreation Enhancement Act.
June 9, 2006 Washington:
Whistle-blower
decision leaves workers gagged.
June 9, 2006 Colorado:
State
investigates reported wolf sighting.
June 8, 2006:
Roadless
areas and sportsmen.
June 8, 2006 California:
Highway
140 could be closed for a year.
June 8, 2006 Wyoming:
Yellowstone
grizz dies from collision.
June 8, 2006 Colorado:
Elk
get blame for fewer beavers, wetlands.
June 8, 2006 Oregon:
Roadless
area timber sale announced, despite opposition.
June 8, 2006:
Selling
roadless areas spurs outrage from outdoor enthusiasts.
June 6, 2006 Colorado:
Groups
appeal Wolf Creek roads.
June 6, 2006 New Mexico:
Lincoln
NF fire spotters keep watch.
June 6, 2006 New Mexico:
Governor steps
up for roadless areas. More on this story here.
June 6, 2006 Indiana:
Indiana
DNR still doesn't get it. Opening public Dune land to hotels?
June 6, 2006 Colorado:
Heat
sparks worries.
June 6, 2006:
Republican
congress budget cuts are hurting the national parks.
June 5, 2006 Wyoming:
State joins regional grouse effort.
June 5, 2006:
Expect
busy fire season for Western ranges.
June 5, 2006 Idaho:
Feds
study Idaho plan to manage wolves.
June 5, 2006 Montana:
Streamflow
normal for most state rivers.
June 5, 2006 California:
Highway
140 to Yosemite will be closed all summer.
June 5, 2006:
National
Parks raise fees to offset Bush budget cuts. The Yosemite
impact of the budget cuts.
June 3, 2006 California:
Forest
highway 48 now open.
June 3, 2006 Colorado:
Decommissioning
of picnic and campground areas.
June 3, 2006 South Dakota:
Forest
Service crews busy clearing Black Hills trails.
June 3, 2006 Montana:
Lewis
and Clark national forest campground openings announced. (pdf).
June 3, 2006 Idaho:
Lolo
Pass honored as visitor center of the year.
June 3, 2006 Ohio:
Groups
appealing Wayne national forest plan.
June 2, 2006 North Carolina:
Study
of northern saw-whet owl on Parkway shows species doing ok.
June 2, 2006 Wyoming:
Ravens' lives a secret nevermore.
June 2, 2006 Wyoming:
Governor
objects to oil and gas leasing in the Wyoming Range.
June 2, 2006 Colorado:
Rocky
Mountain national park pollution rises.
June 2, 2006 Alaska:
"
This is going to hurt".
June 1, 2006 Utah: National
Parks: desperate treasures.
June 1, 2006 Minnesota: Fires
shine new light on mercury's impact.
June 1, 2006 Alaska:
Tongass
- one of the last best stands.
June 1, 2006 Montana:
Male
research grizzly found dead in Glacier national park.
June 1, 2006 Montana:
Assault
on Big Drift underway
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